News Update

Sunday, August 18th:
The flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving for her sons Steve and Brian by Ginny Powers.

It was a beautiful service for the 108th Anniversary of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church! Thank you Mark Gibbons for the special bulletins and music. Thank you Ginny Powers, Faye Brown and the ladies of the “ECW” for the wonderful ‘Cold Plate Luncheon’ that followed the service. It was truly a great celebration! St. Stephen’s is indeed blessed.

Wednesday, August 21st - Father David will be in the office from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

Wednesday, August 21st - 6:30 pm – Evening Prayer Service.

Thursday, August 22nd - No office hours due to remodeling of the church office.

If you are interested in helping with the teaching of our Sunday school classes for the children, please email Sarah Wells at swells@harnett.k12.nc.us . “Teaching the children is fun and rewarding and we would love to have some new faces to help us out!!” Our Sunday school classes for the children will begin on Sunday, September 8th.

August 20th – Tuesday 6:00 pm-8:00 pm – A sign-up sheet has been posted for volunteers at the ‘Campbell University Street Fair’. It is a wonderful opportunity for us to make the students aware of St. Stephen’s and welcome them to our community. You can come and stay as long as your schedule permits. Please sign-up.

OUR SUMMER SCHEDULE ENDS ON AUGUST 25TH. Service will still start at 10:00 am next Sunday, August 25th.

Sunday, September 1st – return of the 11:00 am Eucharist Service.

Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59:

“And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, ‘Behold, I seed the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.’

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

And while they stoned Stephen, he prayed saying, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’